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Why is the height of the tropopause a factor in how tall a cumulonimbus cloud can grow?
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Which type of cloud has the greatest vertical growth?
The cumulonimbus (thundercloud) has the greatest vertical extent: from a base relatively near the ground, up to or slightly past the tropopause.
What is a puffy type of cloud?
CUMULONIMBUS!!!
What type of clouds spread over the sky in layers?
Techinally the kind of cloud that spreads over the the sky in layers is the cumulonimbus cloud, but the cumulonimbus cloud spreads out in THICK layers over the sky. The question would be if the cumulonimbus cloud really does spread over the sky in layers.
Are nimbus clouds storm clouds?
Well a nimbus cloud is not a cloud. If you are referring to a cumulonimbus cloud than yes. A cumulonimbus cloud is a storm cloud. Clouds that have names that include -nimbus or nimbo- are likely to produce precipitation.
Is cumulonimbus cloud flat?
No. Cumulonimbus clouds have flat bottoms and tops, but are very tall.
Which type of cloud has the greatest vertical growth?
The cumulonimbus (thundercloud) has the greatest vertical extent: from a base relatively near the ground, up to or slightly past the tropopause.
What clouds are associated with thundering and lightning?
cumulonimbus cloud
What does a cumulonimbus cloud produce?
A cumulonimbus cloud produces rain.
Explain why a cumulonimbus cloud is not considered to be a low middle or high cloud?
Cumulonimbus clouds span the entire distance from low to high altitude, and so do not fit into any of the three height classifications.
What forms from a cumulonimbus cloud called a wall cloud?
First. A wall cloud is not a cumulonimbus clouds, but is a smaller cloud that extends from the base of a cumulonimbus. Tornadoes often form from wall clouds.
What causes a cumulonimbus cloud?
What causes a cumulonimbus cloud is the cold and warm fronts that colided.
What is a common factor associated with most servere storms?
A cumulonimbus cloud was associated a strong on too. DAH.
Where does the cumulonimbus cloud form from the side view of a tornadic thunderstorm?
The entire thunderstorm is a cumulonimbus cloud.
What kind of cloud are thunderstorm cloud?
cumulonimbus
What are cumulonimbus tornadoes?
There is no such thing as a cumulonimbus tornado. A cumulonimbus cloud is a ver large towering cloud. Most thunderstorms are cumulonimbus clouds, and some of the strongest of these storms are what produce tornadoes.
What does cumulonimbus clouds produce?
A cumulonimbus cloud produces rain.
What produced cumulonimbus clouds?
A cumulonimbus cloud produces rain.
